Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 351
Malone limped off the court. Although he repeatedly asked to return to the court, his ankle was swollen like a big steamed bun, and the pain continued. Tell him, you need to get off the court for treatment.

In the end, under the unanimous decision of Nelson and Frank, whether Malone can play depends on the results of the team doctor's examination.

Duckworth was ordered to walk on the court in a critical situation, but he met Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who performed well tonight, and it was destined to become a tragedy.

Sure enough, in the second half of the third quarter, Abdul-Jabbar first hit Duckworth with a back-up single, and then received a pass from Johnson in the offense and hit a hook.

Thus, the stalemate that had been maintained was suddenly broken by this unexpected situation.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers established an 8-point lead, temporarily leading the Warriors 87:79.

In addition, there is another point. Li Weisi came off the game with 3 minutes left in the third quarter. Although the score was 4 points behind at that time, Nelson still ignored the opposition and boldly replaced Li Weisi. He was not present, so he could only rely on Mullin.

Therefore, being behind by eight points, Mullin had overfulfilled his task. He insisted on attacking and passing to withstand the Lakers' attack, creating time for Li Weisi to rest off the court.

During the intermission, Ma Long returned to the bench from the locker room. Although he didn't say a word, his firm eyes all said: "I want to play!"

Nelson glanced at the team doctor behind Malone, and the team doctor nodded calmly, so Nelson also felt relieved, and said to Malone, "I hope you have realized that in the fourth quarter, you will have no rest time."

"Hey, it's just what I want!" Ma Long grinned, showing two rows of big white teeth.

In this way, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Nelson put Malone and Li Weisi on the court at the same time, breaking his previous rotation.

At this time, Johnson finally stayed off the court to breathe a sigh of relief. The game has been played so far. In such a high-intensity game, he only rested for 3 minutes.

Therefore, Riley saw an 8-point lead and immediately decided to let Johnson rest for 2 minutes.

However, it was this decision that reversed the situation in an instant.

After the start of the fourth quarter, under the leadership of Li Weisi and Malone, the Warriors launched a fierce counterattack with the joint efforts of Hornacek, Schramf and Smith.

First, Li Weisi caught Malone's pick-and-roll and rushed directly to the basket. With Green's help, he made a layup.

Then, it was Li Weisi who directly intercepted Scott's pass to Worthy, hit a three-pointer in the fast break.

The original score difference of 8 points returned to 3 points in an instant.

Immediately Riley couldn't sit still anymore, and quickly called a timeout, putting Johnson back on the court.

At this time, another weakness of the Lakers is also revealed, that is, only Johnson has the real organizational ability. Although the others, Worthy and Scott, can also hold the ball, they cannot support the ball when Johnson is not around. The team's offensive organization.

It has to be said that Riley's timeout was called very timely, because in the next round, with the assist of Johnson, Worthy made a mid-range shot, which eased the urgency of being chased by the Warriors.

The Warriors' offensive climax was interrupted by the Lakers, and the stalemate reappeared.

In the next 3 minutes, the main players of both sides returned one after another, entering the final decisive stage.

Li Weisi, who only scored 11 points in the first three quarters, entered the unstoppable stage in the fourth quarter. In just 6 minutes, he scored 12 points. It seems that the fourth quarter tonight is 20+ in a single quarter .

The reason why Li Weisi started to take over the game is that the team, except for him, fell into a situation where they could not score.

Malone's ankle injury, although it was just the simplest sprain, and he was fixed again, but he ran, jumped, and continued to exert strength in this high-intensity game, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played very well tonight, resulting in Ma Long is very struggling in defense alone, and he has to fight for rebounds, so he has no spare energy to shoulder the heavy burden of offense.

Mullin rested for about 4 minutes in the fourth quarter. After he came up, his hands felt cold, and he missed two outside shots.

As for Curry and Rodman, Rodman ignored it in the offense. Although Curry hit a mid-range shot, he was more responsible for defending Johnson.

In this way, Li Weisi insisted on carrying the offensive burden of the entire team, and dealt with the offense of the Lakers team. Under such circumstances, he forced a [-]-[-] split with the Lakers and did not lose the wind.

In such fierce competition, the game gradually came to the last moment.

After Li Weisi broke through with the ball, he made an emergency stop and retreated and hit a three-pointer. With this iconic shot, the Warriors finally tied the score.

This is the first time the Warriors have tied the score since the second half. At this time, there are 30 seconds left before the end of the game.

The Lakers didn't call a timeout, and Johnson hunched over, hunched over the dribble to the frontcourt, and began to kill time.

At this time, the two sides have reached a 115 tie. The Lakers need to ensure the success rate while leaving the Warriors as little offensive time as possible.

With 9 seconds left in the clock, Johnson started to start. After he screened and rolled with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he passed the ball directly to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the crowd with a very concealed pass.

After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar received the ball, he slid down, looking like he was about to dunk. His height of 218cm, combined with his wingspan of 226cm, once he charged up, even Malone, the tallest in the Warriors, couldn’t stop Jabbar at all. Barr!
At this moment, Rodman rushed out from one side, blocked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, jumped high, and blocked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunk with his hands.

The 201cm Rodman blocked the 218cm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!

This is not over yet. After being blocked, Kareem got the ball again and took advantage of the situation again. Unexpectedly, he was fast. Rodman was faster than him. With his super bullet speed, he jumped high again and blocked the block again. Abdul-Jabbar!

Seeing that the Lakers' offensive time was approaching, Johnson ran out from behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, got the ball and then threw it directly, and completed the shot before the end of 24 seconds.

This time Rodman was blocked by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and failed to block Johnson again. The basketball hit the backboard and hit the rim again. Everyone looked up, looked at the basketball, and prepared to grab the rebound.

Sure enough, the goal didn't go in. Everyone under the basket took off at the same time and stretched out their arms together. It seemed so synchronized at this time.

The first person in the crowd to touch the ball was Malone who sprained his ankle.

However, he just touched and couldn't control the ball at all, so he flicked the ball up and the ball flew again.

After everyone hit the ground, they grabbed again at the same time. This time it was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who touched the ball!

But he just came across it.

I just dialed four or five times like this, and passed once in everyone's hands, which can be regarded as rain and dew.

Time passed by second after second, and there were only 7 seconds left, which became less and less.

At this moment, Rodman stood out from the crowd and flew towards the basketball.

(End of this chapter)